Table 14. Medical care benefits, family coverage: Employee participation by type of contribution, State and localgovernment workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2013

(All workers with contributory coverage = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Family coverage

Total withcontributorycoverage

Flat dollaramount

Compositerate1

Varies2

Flexiblebenefits3

Percent ofearnings

Exists, butunknown

Other

All workers

100

73

–

16

2

1

6

–

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

100

73

–

17

3

1

6

–

Professional and related

100

74

–

17

2

1

6

–

Teachers

100

75

–

16

1

1

7

–

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

100

75

–

14

–

1

7

–

Service

100

76

–

13

2

2

6

–

Protective service

100

79

–

9

3

3

5

–

Sales and office

100

71

–

19

3

1

6

–

Office and administrative support

100

71

–

19

3

1

6

–

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

100

74

–

14

–

2

8

–

Production, transportation, and material moving

100

74

–

16

–

2

7

–

Full time

100

74

–

16

2

1

6

–

Part time

100

68

–

24

2

–

6

–

Union

100

71

–

13

3

3

8

–

Nonunion

100

75

–

18

2

[4]

4

–

Average wage within the following categories:5

Lowest 25 percent

100

77

–

15

–

[4]

6

–

Lowest 10 percent

100

81

–

11

–

–

7

–

Second 25 percent

100

75

–

16

2

1

5

–

Third 25 percent

100

75

–

14

2

1

8

–

Highest 25 percent

100

68

–

19

4

2

6

–

Highest 10 percent

100

70

–

17

3

3

7

–

Establishment characteristics

Service-providing industries

100

74

–

16

2

1

6

–

Education and health services

100

73

–

19

1

1

5

–

Educational services

100

74

–

18

1

1

6

–

Elementary and secondary schools

100

76

–

14

1

1

7

–

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

100

70

–

28

–

–

1

–

Healthcare and social assistance

100

69

–

24

–

–

4

–

Hospitals

100

74

–

18

–

–

5

–

Public administration

100

74

–

12

5

2

7

–

1 to 99 workers

100

75

–

11

–

–

10

–

1 to 49 workers

100

74

–

–

–

–

11

–

50 to 99 workers

100

76

–

12

–

–

–

–

100 workers or more

100

73

–

17

2

1

6

–

100 to 499 workers

100

75

–

13

–

3

6

–

500 workers or more

100

73

–

18

3

1

6

–

State government

100

67

–

27

3

–

–

–

Local government

100

76

–

11

2

2

8

–

Geographic areas

New England

100

92

–

–

–

–

–

–

Middle Atlantic

100

50

–

26

–

12

10

–

East North Central

100

73

–

22

–

–

4

–

West North Central

100

73

–

–

–

–

12

–

South Atlantic

100

82

–

16

–

–

1

–

East South Central

100

74

–

–

–

–

–

–

West South Central

100

84

–

4

–

–

9

–

Mountain

100

81

–

–

–

–

6

–

Pacific

100

60

–

18

10

–

–

–

1A composite rate is a set contribution covering more than one benefit area, forexample, healthcare and life insurance. Cost data for individual plans cannot bedetermined.

4Less than 0.5.

2Based on worker attributes. For example, employee contributions may varybased on earnings, length of service, or age.

5Surveyed occupations are classified into wage categories based on the averagewage for the occupation, which may include workers with earnings both above andbelow the threshold. The categories were formed using percentile estimatesgenerated using data from the National Compensation Survey publication, "EmployerCosts for Employee Compensation - March 2013."

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dashindicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. Fordefinitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary ofEmployee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20122013.htm.